Protecting and dispensing package



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1,651,289 E. J. OCIEAIR PROTECTING AND DISPENSING PACKAGE Filed Nov. 20. 1926 1 760670 0 7 Edward cf @2605? Patented Nov. 29, 1927. v

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la nqeuofl'fii e November 20, 192 Serial No. .149,597,

This invention relates" to the packaging of a plurality of articles-in a'manner that will enable them to he removed singly Without disturbing the others, and particular ref erence. to so} packaging such articles as coils of gummed tape that they will be protected from the access of. 'moisture thereto even after one ormore of the articles have been removed from the package. i

The SQ 'f gummedpaper or gummed tape is very extensive. It is usually produced and stored and sold in the form of coils from which it is drawn for use such as the fastenings for bundles, in place of string. If a coil of dry-gummed tape is exposed to dampness, it deteriorates and becomes a'dhesive and the freedom of'un coihng for. use is impaired. It is not convenient to wrap each coil separately, and a common practice of packaging such disk-shaped articles for storage, transportation, and sale, has been to assemble a number of the coils in flat contact with each other. and enclose them in a 7 suitable wrapper, the complete package being in the form of a roll. Then when a coil is wanted foruse, the wrapper must be torn or broken at one end or more or less along one side of the roll. In the latter case some or all of the coils which are not immediately wanted are no longer protected by the wrapper; while if the Wrapper is carefully opened only at one end it is difficult to removethe.

coils singly after the first one or twohave been picked out. Moreover, even'when only one end of the wrapper has been opened, the top or end coil remaining after each removal i liable to be afiected by moisture.

' The object of my invention is to produce packages of articles such as referred to, each of whichpackages willenable the'articles to be easily removed singly and successively through one open end of the roll, even to the last article, without reducing theqprotecting capacity of the wrapper or container. A further object is to produce packages which will permit the removal of the articles singly and yet leave the next and all remaining articles 1 fully protected; from erat on is simply repeated as successive articles are wanted, successive operations hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 2 is a similar view, but indicating a portion of the wrapper or container broken away to illustrate the relationship of the packages and the dispensing strip;

J Figure 3 1s a similar view illustrating'how the dispenslng strip serves to raise each package, one at a' time.

7 'Figure 4 is a plan view of the end of a package which has been opened, a portion of the dispensing strip being broken away.

Similar reference characters indicate similar parts or features in all of the views. The articles a, in the present instance coils of gummed tape, are assembled with a strip 6 arranged as presently described and 'enclosed in a container 0, usually of strong and waterproof paper which'is so wrapped as to hold the assembly'in the form of a roll and with the end portions of the wrapper sealed down.

I The strip Z2 is, preferably, of a width equal to or slightly exceeding the diameter of the rolls, for a reason presently explained. Said strip is so assembled with the articles a that it extendsin alternate opposite directions between the articles; Preferably'one end (the bottom end when the roll or package is upright as illustrated) extends under the lowermost article, then up past one edge and over the top of that article, then up past the edge of the second article and back over its top,

and. so on until the last article of the col.- lection can be covered by the other end of the strip, as illustrated by Figure 2. The

wrapper or container 0 encloses the whole.

When anarticle is wanted, one end of the container is opened (Fig. 4) and the end. of the strip 6 is pulled or lifted so asto tilt or lift the first article far enough to enable it to be grasped and removed, after which said strip can be folded back on itself so as to cover'and protect the next article. This opfinally, emptying the container. Of course if the container is very long, having a large p number of articles therein, portions of its length which have been emptied can be torn or cut away.

The reason for employing a strip having the Width above referred to is to protect each article next to the one removed. When the articles in the package are of a character which should be protected from moisture, such as gunnned paper, the strip 5 is preterably of Waterproof or moisture-proof paper.

While my invention is particularly applicable to the packaging of coils of guinn'ied tape,I do not limit myself thereto as awide variety of other articles can be advantageous- 1y similarly packaged for protection and is ensing purposes aving now described my invention, I claim:

1. The combination with a container having a plurality of rolls of gunnned tape packed therein, ofa flexible moisture-proof strip extending alternately in opposite directions between the rolls, whereby said rolls may be successively lifted singly to facilitate their removal from the container.

2. A protecting and dispensingppackage for a plurality of rolls of gummed tape, consisting of an enclosure surrounding the rolls and a flexible moisture-proof strip extending alternately in opposite directions between the rolls, said strip having awidth to completely cover each roll that is next to one EDWARD J. OCLAIR. 

